APTT: Intentional and Strategic Family Engagement

Maria C. Paredes, Ed.D. | Webinar| July 2015

Objectives

1. Develop a common understanding for intentional

and strategic family engagement.

2. Cultivate a basic understanding of what APTT is and how it works.

3. Build awareness of school readiness criteria for APTT implementation.

4. Share APTT lessons learned and outcomes.

Team Building

Activity

Walk up to someone you don’t know:

1. Introduce yourself.

2. Come to agreement on what intentional and strategic family engagement means to you.

3. Be ready to share.

Intentional and Strategic Family Engagement

Aligned with school improvement plan

Systematic

Integrated

Relentless family outreach

Specific, measurable outcomes for students

Leadership

Developmental

Collaborative

Data-driven

Shared responsibility

33% ASLEEP

12%

SCHOOL

55% AWAY FROM SCHOOL

Based on 6 hours of instruction, 180 days per year, and 8 hours of sleep time.(School = 1,080 Hours) (Sleep = 2,920 Hours) ( Away from school = 4,760 Hours)

LEARNING TIME

Academic Parent-Teacher Teams (APTT)

APTT is a research and evidence-based family engagement framework and best practice that aligns grade level learning skills, student performance data, and family-teacher communication and collaboration in order to inform and enrich the way families support learning at home.

APTT WestEd Service Objectives

1. Build the capacity of teachers to effectively engage families in student grade level learning goals.

1. Build the capacity of families to effectively engage in supporting their child’s grade level learning goals.

1. Establish a systematic process for school and family partnerships aligned to school improvement goals.

1. Build the capacity of administrators to grow and sustain effective family engagement practices.

Team Meeting

(75-min.)

Held In Early Fall

Individual Session

(30-min.)

Held In Oct-Nov.

Team Meeting

(75-min.)

Held In Winter

Team Meeting

(75-min.)

Held In Spring

The APTT Model

The Team Meeting Structure(All families in the class come together)

1. Team building (15 min.)

2. Review foundational grade level skills

and share data (15 min.)

3. Model practice activities (15 min.)

4. Family practice of activities (15 min.)

5. Set 60-day SMART goals (15 min.)

Team Meeting

(75-min.)

Held In Early Fall

“The real strength in the APTT Model is that it is all about building capacity – the capacity for teachers to gain better understanding of families and their unique circumstances; the capacity for families to provide meaningful, focused support for student learning at home; and the capacity for students to succeed on foundational grade level skills.”

Beth Long, Principal

Canton Elementary STEM Academy

APTT Implementation Support Cycle

11

Training/Coaching

Planning & Readiness Support

APTT Meeting

Feedback

Debriefing

Improvement Goals

WestEd APTT Services

1. Single school support

1. Multiple schools/district model

1. APTT Leadership Academy

1. Webinars

1. District leadership presentations

Results2015 Parent Survey (n=1100)

• 94% of Parents were near unanimous in their belief that APTT meetings improved how they helped their child with schoolwork.

• 99% of parents said that APTT meetings encouraged them to be more involved.

• 92% of parents said that APTT meetings made them more confident in their ability to support their child’s education.

2015 Teacher Survey (n=600)

• 90% of teachers believed that APTT meetings helped get families more engaged in their children’s education and believed that APTTs helped build a relationship with students’ families.

• 74% of teachers agreed or strongly agreed that APTT meetings have improved the way families support grade level learning goals.

• 70% of teachers agreed or strongly agreed that student growth data from APTT foundational grade level skills demonstrates that APTT implementation has improved achievement results for students.

APTT School Readiness Criteria

Activity

Determine the criteria that your school has in place.

Count how many you checked off.

Share with your elbow partner.

Readiness Scale

Optimal readiness for APTT: between 13-14 ✔

Approaching readiness for APTT: between 11-12

✔

Not ready for APTT yet: between 1-10 ✔

Lessons Learned

• Schools must self-select

• Principal as driver of initiative

• Fidelity

Maria C. Paredes, Ed.DWestEd

mparede@wested.org

480-823-9425